Enhancement of the vestibulo-ocular reflex by prior eye movements

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2884-2892

  Das, Vallabh E ^a,b   Dell'osso, Louis F ^a,b   Leigh, R John ^a,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; GAZE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

EID: 0033019571     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.6.2884     Document Type: Article

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